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NBC networks eye 416 hours of Olympics coverage
Hollywood Reporter ^
| Tue Jan 10, 11:17 PM ET
| Paul J. Gough
Posted on 01/16/2006 2:17:41 PM PST by se_ohio_young_conservative
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To: racing fan
At least with curling there is real scoring, as opposed to figure skating where the numbers just reference how much the judges were bribed.
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posted on
01/16/2006 2:33:29 PM PST
by
KarlInOhio
(Hey Fat Ted: Alito is the judge, Mojito is what you're drinking. Try to remember the difference.)
To: se_ohio_young_conservative
375 hours? That comes to 63 hours and 45 minutes of commercials, promos and station ID announcements, another 60 hours of talking head pictures (big hair and smart uniforms with emblems on jacket breast pockets a la Seinfeld jacket episode), roughly 120 hours of so-called 'human interest' sob stories about the various incurable diseases affecting athletes' family members. The rest will be sports, sports, and interviews with the athletes with the sort of intelligent questions all sports fans everywhere expect: ""How does it feel ______________?" (fill in the blank). Can't you just wait?
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posted on
01/16/2006 2:34:09 PM PST
by
Revolting cat!
("In the end, nothing explains anything.")
To: racing fan
Yes, I'm sure everyone on the west coast will be glued to their TV's at 4am in the morning to watch downhill skiing.
Ohhh, the thrill of watching live sporting events half way around the world.
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posted on
01/16/2006 2:34:38 PM PST
by
Proud_USA_Republican
(We're going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good. - Hillary Clinton)
To: KarlInOhio
30 minutes? Is that per night, or for the whole thing. I'm just planning ahead for either tape or disk space.
To: KarlInOhio
30 minutes? Is that per night, or for the whole thing. I'm just planning ahead for either tape or disk space.
To: se_ohio_young_conservative
Four hundred and sixteen hours of coverage, four hundred of which will be Bob Costas yabbering in studio!
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posted on
01/16/2006 2:36:37 PM PST
by
Rummyfan
To: se_ohio_young_conservative; Zuben Elgenubi; Proud_USA_Republican; TexasCajun; KarlInOhio; ...
NBC fixture Bob Costas again will be the primetime host of the games. I'm looking forward to hearing his gratuitous antiamerican remarks inserted in inappropriate times.
To: se_ohio_young_conservative
Women's Beach Volleyball
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posted on
01/16/2006 2:40:00 PM PST
by
atomicpossum
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To: atomicpossum
I can watch 416 hours of THIS!
To: Proud_USA_Republican
Yes, I'm sure everyone on the west coast will be glued to their TV's at 4am in the morning to watch downhill skiing.
Ohhh, the thrill of watching live sporting events half way around the world.
There are people up at 4 am in the morning. We are a 24/7 culture now.
BTW this isn't the 1800's, where one cannot witness live events as they happen. We were able to see Baghdad Bob give his funny speeches as he was giving them. We also saw how the recent Iraq War was being fought on both ends of the country at the same time on a split screen. The internet has speeded up delivery of information.
To: atomicpossum
Women's Beach Volleyball In the Winter Olympics? That will be .... uh ... perky.
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posted on
01/16/2006 2:48:27 PM PST
by
KarlInOhio
(Hey Fat Ted: Alito is the judge, Mojito is what you're drinking. Try to remember the difference.)
To: atomicpossum
Wrong Olympics. These are the Winter Games where the women are men and the men are gay.
To: atomicpossum
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posted on
01/16/2006 2:50:43 PM PST
by
Revolting cat!
("In the end, nothing explains anything.")
To: se_ohio_young_conservative
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posted on
01/16/2006 2:52:04 PM PST
by
mewzilla
(Property must be secured or liberty cannot exist. John Adams)
To: se_ohio_young_conservative
NBC networks eye 416 hours of Olympics coverageThere IS a God!
And He apparently hates NBC.
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posted on
01/16/2006 2:52:36 PM PST
by
Texas Eagle
(If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all.)
To: atomicpossum
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posted on
01/16/2006 2:52:46 PM PST
by
Revolting cat!
("In the end, nothing explains anything.")
To: se_ohio_young_conservative
The bios (during primetime) of Hans Hagengruber's life story while the US hockey team is playing in the early rounds makes me want to throw a brick at the TV.
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posted on
01/16/2006 2:53:21 PM PST
by
tobyone
To: Revolting cat!
For awhile I was worried about the Arabs trying something at the Winter Olympics, then I remembered, you can't take camels over snow.
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posted on
01/16/2006 2:54:39 PM PST
by
kjo
To: TexasCajun
>>>>>>>>I was just glued to figure skating this weekend. Woo-Hoo! /sarcasm<<<<<<<<<<<
And maybe so we don't offend any of the figure skating afficionados, we could find a gay, cowboy figure skater or two and do a two hour special on them. After all, we never seem to be exposed to gay this or that nearly enough these days................/sarcasm II
To: se_ohio_young_conservative
"It's going to have more curling"
What about ice fishing?
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